Product Details

• Actors: Meera Patriciai Kerr
• Directors: Rick Rosenthal
• Format: Anamorphic, PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Big Yoga
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000IY06NE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,455 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

"You don‘t have to be thin to enjoy the benefits of Yoga!" Yoga instructor,Meera Patricia Kerr has developed this program over the many years of her highly regarded and successful career as a master of yoga instruction. The "Big Yoga" video was reviewed in the January 2004 issue of "Yoga Journal" in an article by Phil Catalfo. Here is a brief excerpt:

"Kerr has a welcoming presence,just right for her audience. While she's cheery and encouraging,she simultaneously delivers the instructions in a businesslike manner that commands attention. An excellent model,Kerr is well aware of correct alignment and generally takes a cautious approach to the asanas."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This DVD may be helpful to some bigger people, but not me..., December 22, 2007

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Truth Seeker & Reader (Westland, MI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Big Yoga Beginners Hatha 1 (DVD)

I can see where this DVD may be helpful to SOME large people. However, I still found that I was incapable of doing some of the postures because of my stomach and leg size. In fact, I found this DVD no easier for someone my size than the beginner Yoga Zone DVDs -- and those are certainly not marketed for larger people.

In many of the postures, she has you stand with your feet together or sit with your legs together in front of you. She also has you cross one leg over the other leg and twist -- which is also impossible for someone my size. Then she has you pull your knees to your chest. I cannot do any of these. I am a size 24, by the way. And I am able to do most of the postures in many yoga DVDs, like Yoga Zone. I am also very active, having lost 60 pounds to date (I do Turbo Jam, Walk Away the Pounds, and Jari Love).

With this purchase, I also bought "Just My Size Yoga" by Megan Garcia. I love that DVD. Although it is not perfect (I would like it to be longer and to have more stretches), it is far more achievable for someone of my size. In fact, there is not a single posture I cannot attain. After that DVD, I feel refreshed, revitalized, and strong. Unfortunately, I cannot say that for this "Big Yoga" DVD. I really wanted to love it, but I will have to wait until I lose at least another 50-100 pounds probably.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time or money on this one..., March 19, 2008

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Bookworm (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Big Yoga Beginners Hatha 1 (DVD)

I do mainly cardio and strength training and wanted to start doing yoga to increase flexibility. I thought this would be nice and is is suppposedly geared towards a larger body and is a beginner level.

To start, it spent so much time with the instructor chanting that I had to finally fast forward to the workout. It also wastes several minutes where you do nothing except move your eyes back and forth, up and down, one corner to the other. Yoga EYEs??

I felt the actual workout was rather disjointed in it's movements from standing to the floor back to standing. And as to being appropriate for larger sized beginners - how many are going to be able to do a pose where you have to hoist your entire body into the air while supporting nearly your entire weight just by placing your hands on your back just below the shoulder blades?

Before it even got to the pose mentioned above, there were other poses that even I thought were overly simple. It was on one of these very simple poses that the instructor herself states that if you can't do those poses that you should be using an even more simple DVD - what is supposed to be easier than a level 1 beginner DVD??

Skip this DVD - it will never be worth any price. I recommend Just My Size Yoga instead...a much better DVD.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dissappointed, September 2, 2008

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Yoga momma (colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Yoga Beginners Hatha 1 (DVD)

I used to do yoga quite regularly before having children and gaining 40 pounds (post pregnancy). I've been looking for a yoga dvd that is more accomodating for my larger body. This dvd did NOTHING for me. The eye rolls killed me - my eyes don't need to be toned, my tummy does! I wouldn't recommend this dvd to anyone. Yoga for the Rest of Us was at least a little more challenging.